Hey Dude!!! Just so you know I love your videos. I also love going to Critters Raceway. Such nice people. I currently only own a Mojave Grom but I will be at the track almost every weekend and would love to see you there someday!!!
Hey thanks so much! I appreciate that man. I’ve gotta get to Critters ASAP, been a little busy but getting my buggy ready for the indoor season. Come check out the weeknight racing once it starts back up, I’m hoping to get there weekly for their Tuesday night races. The Mojave Grom is sick, I’m looking to pick one up very soon. Groms are real fun on the indoor track, they do pretty well! Hope to see ya there.
@@GeddyRCI would recommend buying metal differentials for the Mojave grom because the plastic ones strip I learned that the hard way. Just telling you so you don’t make the same mistake. You could also make it brushless but I feel like it doesn’t really need it because it’s such a small car and is already great. Besides those differentials
I'm planning on keeping the Mojave Grom bone stock except for the diffs as you said. The trap I've fallen into with upgrading to brushless can get ridiculous as you simply.. break more things lol. And then you keep upgrading and spending and next thing you know your $140 has you $500 in the toilet! However the diff upgrade is also solid.
It's a sick truck! It needs some time and money invested into her for sure, the steering is practically non-existent at the moment. New servo, aluminum bellcrank and some new steering link ends would tighten it up, because it is sloppy! Turning is basically "more throttle" hahaha
Nah this is the Readyset version, brushed. Although I did upgrade the brushed motor to an XSPEED and bumped up the pinion. Brushless upgrade is almost expensive as the whole car!
@@GeddyRCdang that thing already flies! i have a ma-020 with that upgrade though i got it with that so i don’t know what the difference was. i’m really thinking of getting a brushless mini z buggy though
@@kevinruan I’ve been building a wishlist on Amainhobbies for a brushless Z setup but my problem is that it’s almost too fast for where I’m driving it! I don’t have a track near me either so it would basically be for one off rips in my driveway, but setting up a track for that is a little time consuming with a kid and another on the way 🤣 Eventually I want to build a proper carpet track in my garage that can use the speed. Until then this thing flies in my basement!
I have not changed out the batteries yet - I still run the Dynamite 800mAh and the stock 650mAhs, but they are definitely in need of replacement. They die very fast and only charge up to about 4.1V (although it balances out fine, charging at 1C, the usual). When I run this car again I'm planning on grabbing the 1100mAh Proteks, they seem to do quite well. There's also the Tattuus I believe that fit perfectly.
I would say bad servo but. If you are using stock remote with this receiver you will see the issue. Most the time you will see it when adding spectrum/ dynamite 6000kv. One buggy had servo issue one had forward reverse intermittent issues. Drop around $60.00 to fix the issue.
The teeths of the spur gear are worn if you see closely, they don't have the perfect shape as they was before the worn. So this explain these tiny metal pieces that are stuck in the plastic cover. I think that the pinion and the spur gears should have the same exactly quality of metal, or else if one of the gears have lower quality metal will worn out easily.
Yup, I ended up replacing it with the same EcoPower servo. Worked great, for $15 I can't complain, somehow it has not failed me yet and I've put a LOT of mileage on this car, raced it, etc.
this video was a blast… you did a great job… Please what shocks did you use and what was the oil weight? front and rear… I have the same car can you please let me know. Thanks… I watch the video again totally awesome
Thank you! So I am using the GTR shocks with 50wt oil front and rear, the big difference is that I'm using progressive springs from VG-Racing. Great company and I highly recommend the springs. The stock GTR springs were far too soft for my liking (and jumps - check out my video a little bit after this one where I send it on a ~30 foot drop off a jump, down a hill). The progressive springs are awesome and very stiff. It's less than ideal for a track application because you want it to sit lower but for general bashing they absolutely rock. Cheers!
just my two cents….It looks like that spur gear is poor quality I was expecting your pinion gear to be chewed away but it's not it's your spur gear and that is unusual considering the pinion spins so many more times. Take the gear off don't buy any more would be my recommendation. Generally the plastic should be fine with a good mesh. Or get a better hardened steel and then find the right pinion gear that won't be shredded… Good luck thanks for showing us here
Good suggestion - the dual rates were actually screwed up but not in this particular video. At a later time (this video is now ~1 year old) I had the same issue but it was messed up dual rates after I gave the car/remote to a neighbor kid and he screwed around with the buttons.
I just sent my rc car into the shop for this issue I think I was hooking up my servo saver wrong…. But yeah their gonna fix it and idk how much it’s gonna be
Oh it's a blast for sure - I recommend taking the time and at least checking it out. You may find the drive is worth it! This track is about a 30-40 minute drive from me depending on traffic. Also the only one within that range. Not a popular hobby out here in NJ.
Thanks for the reply. I ended up replacing the servo (twice since this video was uploaded) and put bearings in the bellcranks (comes with bushings) and everything is solid now. However you're right that if the screws are over-tightened on the bell crank, it will also render you unable to steer, they've gotta be pretty loose!
Caused from improper (loose) gear mesh. Steel is fine but you have to adjust it as close as possible and still have a (bit) of tic at the tightest spot. Yeah they do use plastic gears for a reason too, makes things quieter and a fail part that’s cheap and/or easy to replace. It’s like the question every noob asks that drives racers crazy, “how fast does it go?”. There’s reasons for everything, no your rustler won’t out perform your buddy’s touring car but yes it might be faster, all in it’s designed use. Use your vehicle for it’s purpose n have fun, replacing broken parts is part of the hobby, bending metal parts gets expensive, isolate the parts that are cheap n quick to replace by having metal parts on either/both sides. Like A arms as the sacrificial part or plastic spur gears so you aren’t repairing your gear diffs all the time.
Yeah good points all around. This is an older video but I did end up going back to plastic spurs and then _actually_ meshing them properly, and haven't had a problem since. At the time my thought was the gears would last longer "because metal". In reality they weren't lasting long because I wasn't meshing them properly. Live and learn!
Operator error indeed! Looking back I feel foolish for putting a steel spur in the first place, but especially meshing them this poorly! Learned a lot since then 🤣
It is a lot of fun. After probably a hundred laps I’ve come to realize that a LiPo is not needed, I just need to get more of the small stock NiMHs! They don’t last long but they are fun while they do last 😊
I recently got the LiPos I ordered off Aliexpress and it makes the car insane now. I have to dial it back to the lowest setting in my basement track and even then it's a little wild, but still a lot of fun. The good part though is that a single battery lasts nearly 30 minutes since I'm babying it so much, so that takes care of the battery life problem.
Yeah man, feels like I'm there with you in your garage, cool man. One thing we did with our steering columns to strengthen them was get the bearings and assembly on then use a super long cap head bolt which sinks down whole length. This does 2 things expands the columns ever so slightly holding the bearings in place and strengthens the columns. 🤘
Hey thanks, this was a live stream while someone from Discord was helping me :) I put up the video because it seemed like there was some useful information for newbies with this car. That sounds like a solid plan, just fill the whole column with a bolt. Makes perfect sense 👍 I'm actually planning to sell this car at this point, but that's a good idea nonetheless!
